What does easily mean?
Definitions for easily
ˈi zə li, ˈiz lieas·i·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
easily, easyadverb
with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
"she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy"
easilyadverb
without question
"easily the best book she's written"
well, easilyadverb
indicating high probability; in all likelihood
"I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us"
Wiktionary
easilyadverb
Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
easilyadverb
Without difficulty.
easilyadverb
Absolutely, without question
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Easilyadverb
Etymology: from easy.
Those move swiftly, and at great distance; but they require a medium well disposed, and their transmission is easily stopped. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 647.
She ask’d the reason of his woe;
She ask’d, but with an air and mien,
That made it easily foreseen
She fear’d too much to know. Matthew Prior.Is it not to bid defiance to all mankind to condemn their universal opinions and designs, if, instead of passing your life as well and easily, you resolve to pass it as ill and as miserable as you can? William Temple.
I can easily resign to others the praise of your illustrious family. John Dryden, State of Innocence. Dedic. to.
Not soon provok’d, she easily forgives;
And much she suffers, as she much believes. Matthew Prior.
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easily
Easily is an adverb that describes something being done without difficulty or effort. It refers to an action that is performed with ease, in a manner not causing trouble or strain. It can also mean likely or readily, if referred to a potential outcome or result.
Webster Dictionary
Easilyadverb
with ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen
Easilyadverb
without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily
Easilyadverb
readily; without reluctance; willingly
Easilyadverb
smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without /umult or discord
Easilyadverb
without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily
Etymology: [From Easy.]
Editors Contribution
easilyadverb
In an easy manner.
He loved his sport and easily achieved his goals and aspirations.
Submitted by MaryC on June 11, 2015
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'easily' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1019
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'easily' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1402
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'easily' in Adverbs Frequency: #101
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of easily in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of easily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of easily in a Sentence
We will beat Hillary so easily.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Change will not come easily.
The now is Peaceful and Blissful, But how easily we lose our Joy, We slip into Yesterday and Tomorrow, Looking for another Toy!
I think Russia should be very grateful for sanctions which were imposed a year ago, i can imagine easily that without sanctions, oil and gas companies could have started draining the North Pole and whatever in the Arctic, looking for energy which looked OK with $100, $110 oil, but if $40, $50, whatever, will be the new equilibrium, it's questionable.
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Translations for easily
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- بسهولةArabic
- несъмнено, безспорно, лесноBulgarian
- fàcilmentCatalan, Valencian
- lehce, jednoduše, snadnoCzech
- facileEsperanto
- fácilmenteSpanish
- erraz, aiseBasque
- helposti, ilman muuta, kiistattaFinnish
- facilementFrench
- facilmenteGalician
- könnyenHungarian
- հեշտորեն, հեշտությամբ, հեշտ, հանգիստ, անկասկածArmenian
- facilementeInterlingua
- facilmente, agevolmenteItalian
- faciliter, facileLatin
- lengvaiLithuanian
- makkelijkDutch
- facilamentOccitan
- sem dúvida, facilmentePortuguese
- легкоRussian
- lako, лакоSerbo-Croatian
- kolaylıkla, kolaycaTurkish
- легкоUkrainian
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